Hand-stamp



No. 620,922. Patented Mar. I4, I899. B. B. HILL.

HAND STAMP.

(Application filed Aug. 5, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

BENJAMIN B. HILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAN D-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 620,922, dated-March 14,1899.

Application filed August 5, 1 8 9 8.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN B. HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing'at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inHand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This improvement is designed to provide a hand-stamp with asupplementary printing or die plate so arranged that it can be set inline with the ordinary printing-surface or fixedly held out of the rangeof the same, so that only the ordinary printing-surface will operate.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and com bination of parts hereinafter described and thendefinitely claimed at the end hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an end view of a band-daterhand-stamp provided with my improvement set so as to print a name withthe dates. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the dater, but having thesupplementary plate thrown out of action. Fig. 3 is an end view showingthe opposite end to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with parts representedas broken away.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by numerals, 1 indicatesthe frame or yoke provided with the usual handle 2, disks 3, drums 4,shaft 5, cross-bar 6, and typebands 7, all arranged in the usual orordinary manner.

At 8 is shown the main feature of my invent-ion-viz., the supplementarydie-plate provided with arms 9 9, through which and the yoke pass thepivots 10, so that the plate 8 may be set to bring its printing-surfacein line with the ordinary printing-surface, as shown in Fig. 1, or itmay be set as shown in Fig. 2, so that only the usual printing-surfacewill act on the paper being stamped. In order to retain the die 8 ineither position, I provide the arm 9 with two projections 9", whichengage in a recess 11' in a pivoted dog 11, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided a very convenientand useful stamp and one which can be used simply as an ordinary dater,or by bringing the supplementary plate into the position shown in Fig. 1an additional line or lines may be added to the printing-surface. Thiswill be found to be very convenient for canceling revenuestamps, becausethe name or initial must be Serial No. 687 803. (No model.)

given in addition to the date. Where the name is not required, the plate8 can be readily turned up and be held in that position by the catch,and if the name alone is required to beprinted the name-plate can bereadily used Without the dates by holding the stamp in such a manner asto bring the name-plate in contact with the paper.

I do not wish to limit myself to the exact form of stamp described norto the peculiar dog shown, as these may be easily varied withoutdeparting from the spirit of my inven-' tion.

I am aware that it has been proposed to attach a plate to the frame oryoke of a handstamp by a single pivot to enable the plate to swing awayfrom the changeable dates on said frame for the purpose of changing saiddates; but so far as I am aware no stamp has ever been made with a platecapable of being fixedly secured in either position. With my improvementthe stamp can be used with the dates and name together-,with the datesalone, or with the name by itself.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination in a hand-stamp, of a yokecarrying an inscription, with a die-plate swinging on pivots at each endhaving their axes in line with each other, and means for holding saidplate fixedly in or out of line with the yoke, either at will,substantially as described.

2. The combination in a hand-stamp, of a set of type-bands with a framecarrying said bands, a die-plate working on pivots at each end of theframe having their axes in line with each other, and means for holdingsaid plate fixedly in or out of line with the frame, either at will,substantially as described.

3. The combination in a hand-stamp, of a yoke, a series of band-drumssettherein,'a fixed bar at the bottom, type-bands passing around saiddrums and bar, a swinging dieplate having arms pivoted to the yoke, anda dog provided with a recess to engage with projections on an arm of thedie-plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 3d day of August, 1898.

BENJAMIN B. HILL.

Witnesses:

T. J. SKIDMORE, H. H. SKIDMORE.

